B.C. government continues spending on advertising, despite financial pressures

VICTORIA – The B.C. government is spending almost $4.5 million to advertise the provincial budget, electricity conservation programs and auto insurance changes, despite being sharply critical of such “propaganda” publicity campaigns by the previous Liberal government.
The government has budgeted to spend up to $600,000 to promote last month’s provincial budget, through radio, newspaper and social media ads. As well, B.C. Hydro is spending $3 million on an energy cons